The Frontline Fund

Our Frontline Fund provided six organisations with vital funding to deliver services to support people experiencing homelessness. These six projects were based across the UK and focused on supporting people to secure, and keep, a safe place to live. This included providing access to healthcare, legal advice and mental health support to help people move on from homelessness.

Here is a bit more information about the organisations we supported:

Caring in Bristol deliver projects around homelessness that engage a community of volunteers, bringing people together to make change. Like St Martin’s Charity, Caring in Bristol are striving to create a society where everyone has a home and works hard to prevent people becoming homeless in the first place. With your help, they will be able to support more young people experiencing homelessness in Bristol, through their ambitious “Project Z”. Read more about Project Z and some of the people it has supported.

TGP Cymru is a leading independent Welsh children’s charity working with some of the most vulnerable and marginalised children, young people, and families in Wales. Helping individuals access appropriate services in health, education, and social care, TGP Cymru works tirelessly to ensure everyone has a voice to have a say in their future. With your support, they have continued to support the young people across North Wales that do not have a safe place to call home.

Legal Services Agency (LSA) is a Scottish law centre and charity committed to defending legal rights and using the law to effect social change. Believing that everyone is entitled to specialist legal advice when they need it, LSA works to prevent homelessness alongside other valuable services. Thanks to your generous donations, our funding has helped their services focusing on early intervention, preventing homelessness for people who have been in contact with the criminal justice system. Read about how the Frontline Fund supported LSA to disrupt cycles of homelessness in prison.

akt supports LGBTQ+ young people aged 16-25 in the UK who are facing or experiencing homelessness or are living in a hostile environment. Not only do they support individuals into safe homes, but the charity also ensures young people have access to employment, education or training in a welcoming and open environment that celebrates LGBTQ+ identities. Thanks to your support, our funding will help their work with young people who identify as trans, providing them with the support they need to access accommodation, allowing them to feel safe and end their homelessness. Learn more about the Trans Pathway project and its impact on the young people akt supports.

Pathway is the UK’s leading homeless healthcare charity, working with partners to create improved models of care for people experiencing homelessness. Their purpose is to improve the health and wellbeing of people experiencing homelessness by developing and sharing best models of care, increasing specialist skills of workers in healthcare, influencing policy and reducing stigma in healthcare against people experiencing multiple exclusion. Thanks to your support, they have been able to provide the legal advice needed in securing more stable outcomes for patients and helped improve even more lives across the UK. Read more about how Pathway’s Legal Advice Project is helping homeless hospital patients access vital support.

Extern is a leading social justice charity across the island of Ireland who speaks up for and supports more than 21,000 children, young people, individuals, and families each year to overcome challenges, empower positive change and support family unity. Your support has helped fund their work offering counselling to vulnerable people, who often are unable to access many mainstream services due to having been engaged within the criminal justice system. Find out how our funding supported Extern to provide counselling for people excluded from mainstream services.